“Ride the Alps” is a series of non-competitive bike days in Switzerland sponsored by Switzerland…
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Col de l’Iseran is the highest paved col in Europe (2764 metres). It’s a beautiful…
It can be very annoying to drive the Autoroute with me. I keep pointing up…
Bourg St. Maurice is at the very start of four famous road bike climbs: Col…
This is exciting: a beautiful new high Alps paved road (and the top 6 kilometres…
Many of the great Alps roads owe much of their celebrity to cycling (Stelvio, Gavia,…
This ride includes the entire paved road up the west side of Col de la…
Another north Alps col has just re-opened after a long winter. This is one of…
Col de la Croix de Fer (Pass of the Iron Cross): The Maurienne Valley has…
Recently I wrote a 2019 Giro d’Italia Mountains Preview over at Podiumcafe.com. The article includes…